Meanings
air marshal1
plural air marshals
- USgovernmentAn armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
T.S.A. said its office of inspection makes quality assurance visits to ensure that the air marshals are properly prepared for their missions. […] Employees with the air marshals view their jobs as crucial to overall efforts to protect airplanes and airports from terrorist attacks.
2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: sky marshal
- AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUKgovernmentA military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.
Air Marshal2
plural Air Marshals
- Alternative letter-case form of air marshal (found when the term is used as a title).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قائد القوّة الجوّية
- قائد القوّة الجوّيةmilitary rank
French général de corps d'armée aérien
- général de corps d'armée aérienmilitary rank
German Air Marshal, Sky Marshal
- Air Marshallaw enforcement
- Sky Marshallaw enforcement
- Air Marshalmilitary rank
Greek αντιπτέραρχος
- αντιπτέραρχος (antiptérarchos)military rank
Irish aermharascal
- aermharascalmilitary rank
Russian небесный маршал, воздушный маршал
- небесный маршал (nebesnyj maršal)law enforcement
- воздушный маршал (vozdušnyj maršal)law enforcement
Cite this entry
air marshal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20marshal
“air marshal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20marshal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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